Charismatic Christianity
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| 2025 |
Jesus Army
A former member noted that ex-members make jokes referencing The Handmaid's Tale due to similarities in language used within the fellowship.
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| 2024 |
Jesus Army
Continued processing of Redress Scheme applications received by 31 December 2023. The scheme revealed 539 alleged perpetrators, with about one in six children sexually abused, and £7.7m paid directly to applicants.
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| 2024 | The worship leader at Dwelling Place (Alan Scott's church) was prohibited from attending a Christian conference due to allegations of spiritual abuse while under Alan Scott's leadership. |
| September 2024 | The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland initiated an investigation into the Causeway Coast Vineyard, focusing on the church's governance arrangements and its response to allegations against Alan and Kathryn Scott. |
| February 29 2024 | UCKG submitted an annual report to the Charity Commission showing an income of approximately £15 million for the year ending 29 February 2024, with survivors questioning the use of these funds. |
| 2023 | The Charity Commission opened a regulatory compliance case into the UCKG over potential safeguarding concerns following survivor allegations. |
| 2023 | Several family members of Alan Scott resigned from leadership positions in the church following historic allegations of spiritual abuse. Neil and Janet Young resigned as they could not support the findings of the trustee's independent report against their family members. |
| 2023 | Alan Scott was taken to court by Anaheim Vineyard for fraud, regarding his decision to take the Anaheim church and its $62 million worth of assets out of the Vineyard movement. |
| 2023 | BBC broadcast a Panorama documentary titled 'The Billionaire Bishop and the Global Megachurch', highlighting controversial practices including claims about mental health and conversion practices. |
| 2023 | BBC reported that 'strong prayers' were still being used on a 16-year-old boy in the UK, raising questions about the UCKG's safeguarding measures implemented after Climbié's death. |
| December 31 2023 |
Jesus Army
The Jesus Fellowship Redress Scheme closed for applications, with 601 individuals having applied for damages related to historical abuse.
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| 2022 | Surviving Universal UK was created by ex-member Rachael Reign to encourage former members to speak out about their experiences with the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG). |
| 2022 | Hundreds of former members of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) in the United Kingdom publicly spoke out about abuse through the Surviving Universal UK movement, revealing experiences of sexual, physical, and financial abuse and coercion. |
| 2022 | UCKG responded to allegations by denying the claims and criticizing survivors who shared their stories in media reports. |
| 2022 | Ex-UCKG members in the U.K. filed complaints, leading to a Guardian investigation interviewing over 30 former members and a Charity Commission investigation. |
| October 2021 |
Jesus Army
Companies House certified the name change from Jesus Centres Trust to JCT - Joining Communities Together Limited.
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| January 2021 | Álvaro Lima ended his leadership of the UCKG UK headquarters. |
| 2020 |
Noel Stanton
The Jesus Fellowship Community Trust closed following widespread abuse allegations, issuing an unreserved apology for historical abuse within the church and its New Creation Christian Community (NCCC).
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| December 2020 |
Jesus Army
The Jesus Fellowship Community Trust was established as a residuary body to wind up the administrative affairs of the Jesus Fellowship Church.
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| December 2020 |
Jesus Army
The Jesus Fellowship Community Trust closed following the sexual abuse scandal, issuing a Closure Statement with an unreserved apology for abuse within the Jesus Fellowship Church and New Creation Christian Community.
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| June 2020 | The Angolan government ordered the dissolution of the church's board of directors and removed Bishop Honorilton Gonçalves from leadership due to systematic violations of members' rights, including allegations of racial discrimination and improper pastoral practices. |
| 2019 |
Jesus Army
Leaders were forced to acknowledge serious allegations against Noel Stanton. The Apostolic Five stepped down from their leadership positions.
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| 2019 | Bishop Macedo publicly stated in a sermon that daughters should not pursue higher education, arguing that educated women cannot have happy marriages and would undermine male leadership in the family. |
| June 8 2019 |
Charismatic movement
Pope Francis encouraged members of Charismatic Renewal to share baptism in the Holy Spirit throughout the Church, further supporting the movement's growth and spiritual mission.
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| June 6 2019 |
Charismatic movement
Pope Francis officially inaugurated CHARIS (Catholic Charismatic Renewal International Service), establishing it with a public juridic personality within the Roman Catholic Church.
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| May 2019 | The Public Prosecutor's Office terminated the investigative procedures, finding no grounds for prosecution and confirming the legal operation of UCKG foster care homes and adoption proceedings. |
| May 26 2019 |
Jesus Army
Members voted to revoke the Church's constitution following decline in membership and sexual assault claims against the founder and two other church members.
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| 2018 | Alan Scott and Kathryn Scott left Causeway Coast Vineyard and moved to Anaheim Vineyard, California. Janet Young and Neil Young were made joint senior pastors after their departure. |
| 2018 | Nada a Perder (Nothing to Lose), a film depicting the story of Edir Macedo, is released and promoted by Record channel, with controversial reports of ticket sales and cinema attendance. |
| 2018 | The UCKG's American branch opened a church inside a jail in Houston, Texas. |
| 2018 | UCKG supported Jair Bolsonaro in the Brazilian general election, which he won. |
| 2017 | The church was alleged to be illegally adopting children in Portugal and taking them abroad. |
| December 2017 | The Portuguese Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) was accused of running an illegal child adoption network, with allegations of children being taken from biological mothers and illegally transported to foreign countries for adoption. |
| 2016 | The Ten Commandments film is released by UCKG-controlled Rede Record in association with Paris Filmes, written by Vivian de Oliveira and directed by Alexandre Avancini. |
| 2016 | Crivella was finally elected as mayor of Rio de Janeiro. |
| January 2016 | Álvaro Lima became the leader of the UCKG UK headquarters. |
| 2015 | Rede Record presents the original television series of The Ten Commandments, which later became the basis for the film adaptation. |
| 2014 | Crivella made another unsuccessful bid for governor of Rio de Janeiro state. |
| 2013 |
Charismatic movement
Justin Welby, with a background in charismatic evangelicalism, became Archbishop of Canterbury.
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| 2013 | UCKG expanded to New York City, with over 300 congregations across 33 U.S. states. |
| February 2013 | The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God was suspended for 60 days in Angola following the December 2012 incident at the Citadela Desportiva. |
| December 2012 | An incident at the Citadela Desportiva resulted in the death of several people, leading to subsequent actions against the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Angola. |
| 2011 | Global population census revealed 279 million Pentecostal Christians worldwide, representing 4 percent of global population and 12.8 percent of Christian population. Charismatic Christians numbered 305 million, accounting for 4.4 percent of world population and 14 percent of Christian population. |
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